Tiger Talk Podcast by Northeast Mississippi Community College

In episode 107 of the TigerTalk podcast presented by Northeast Mississippi Community College, host Will Kollmeyer welcomes Northeast president Dr. Ricky G. Ford to the podcast as Kollmeyer and Ford sit down to discuss what has been going on at the college over the last six weeks since COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) has caused the college to put all its classes online for not just the Spring 2020 sem...

In episode 106 of the TigerTalk podcast presented by Northeast Mississippi Community College, host Will Kollmeyer welcomes Northeast president Dr. Ricky G. Ford to the podcast as Kollmeyer and Ford sit down to discuss what has been going on at the college over the last six weeks since COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) has caused the college to put all its classes online for not just the Spring 2020 sem...

In episode 105 of the TigerTalk podcast presented by Northeast Mississippi Community College, host Will Kollmeyer welcomes Northeast president Dr. Ricky G. Ford to the podcast as Kollmeyer and Ford sit down to discuss what has been going on at the college over the last six weeks since COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) has caused the college to put all its classes online for not just the Spring 2020 sem...

In episode 104 of the TigerTalk podcast presented by Northeast Mississippi Community College, host Will Kollmeyer welcomes Northeast drafting, design and 3-D modeling instructor Jeff Melson to the podcast to talk about how his career-technical program impacts the world. Melson gives credit to his students and gives an update to where some of his former students are now employed around the world. I...

In episode 103 of the TigerTalk podcast presented by Northeast Mississippi Community College, host Will Kollmeyer welcomes Northeast instructor of commercial music and Campus Country director Chris Dunn to the podcast to talk about the group's upcoming Showtime on Thursday, February 27 entitled "Colder Weather." Dunn talks about a recent change to the ensemble where he added a non-traditional perc...

TigerTalk is going as strong as ever and host Will Kollmeyer brings a pair of high-energy interviews to the 102nd episode of the podcast at Northeast Mississippi Community College. In the opening interview, Kollmeyer welcomes Northeast's director of eLearning Dr. Kim Harris to give her take on a trio of rankings that have come out in the recent weeks dealing with online education at the college. O...

After a three-week absence, the TigerTalk podcast returns to the airwaves with episode 101 as host Will Kollmeyer welcomes Northeast instructional technology specialist and project manager for the college's Career Development Academy Jeffrey Powell and CDA academic advisor Austin Beasley to talk about the Career Development Academy. Powell and Beasley discuss some of the accomplishments of the CDA...

In episode 100, host Will Kollmeyer celebrates the podcast reaching triple digits with a quartet of guests. Dr. Carlena Benjamin and Morgan Ricks kick off this milestone episode talking about the Northeast Honors Institute and the upcoming open registration for the Fall 2020 semester for the organization. The duo discusses the rigors of the program and how each student must complete a research pro...

In episode 99, host Will Kollmeyer helps the college celebrate being named an Apple Distinguished School by welcoming vice president of instruction Dr. Michelle Baragona, chemistry teacher Jason Miller and Leigh Ann Stewart, who is in the Office of Disability Accommodations, to the podcast to talk about the ways that technology, especially the iPad, has changed the culture at Northeast. During her...

In episode 98, host Will Kollmeyer welcomes Northeast executive vice president Dr. Craig-Ellis Sasser to the podcast to give an update on things happening around the college. In the interview, Sasser talks about the changes that the Haney Union and Murphy Hall have undergone during the break with new furniture and more student-friendly spaces and the executive vice president also gives an update o...

In episode 97, host Will Kollmeyer welcomes eLearning coordinator Dr. Kim Harris to the podcast to talk about all the upcoming offerings for students during the Spring 2020 semester. In addition to award-winning in-classroom instruction, Northeast is second in the nation for online education and Harris' office are the people behind the scenes that make that happen. Not only does Northeast offer a...

In episode 96, host Will Kollmeyer welcomes lead welding instructor Anthony Hardin to the podcast to talk about how Northeast is partnering with area companies such as New Way Trucking to deliver a well-educated and job-ready workforce. Hardin talks about what all goes into his program and how the industry is changing. According to research, by 2024, America will be looking for 400,000 new welders...

In episode 95, host Will Kollmeyer welcomes Campus Country Director Chris Dunn to the podcast to talk about the ensemble's upcoming Showtime on Thursday, December 5 in the Seth Pounds Auditorium. Dunn lets listeners in on some secrets with the group and talks about what it takes to pick a title song for each Showtime. Dunn also talks about saying good-bye to three members of the band as they move...

In episode 94, host Will Kollmeyer welcomes Northeast English instructor Morgan Tucker to the podcast for her initial visit as Tucker talks about a unique approach she has taken to give students a leg up not only on the academic side but in life as well. During the semester-long class, students have been working toward POWER and included in Power is Adulting 101, which the students had a say into...

In episode 93, host Will Kollmeyer welcomes Northeast at New Albany director David Goode to the podcast for an entire show about the Northeast at New Albany campus and how it serves Union County and the surrounding area. Goode and Kollmeyer talk about the ways that Northeast at New Albany serves the City of New Albany and Union County not only by offering traditional classes but through a myriad o...

In episode 92, host Will Kollmeyer welcomes the college registrar and director of enrollment services Chassie Kelly to the podcast to talk about the importance of advising and how it plays a role in the lives of our students. Monday, students could begin to meet with their advisors in anticipation of Priority Registration Day on Friday, November 8. Kelly addresses the need to meet with an advisor...

In episode 91, host Will Kollmeyer welcomes associate vice president of career and technical education Jason Mattox back to the podcast to talk about the Tiger Apprenticeship program and how it not only benefits NEMCC students and faculty but the companies involved in the process as well. Mattox talks about the Tiger Apprenticeship Interview Day last week where some students were offered on-the-sp...

In episode 90, host Will Kollmeyer welcomes theatre director Christopher Schager back to the podcast to give insight on the upcoming fall one-act plays at the college on Thursday, October 24; Saturday, October 26 and Sunday, October 27. Schager gives a rundown of each of the five 10-minute one-act plays and talks about the plots of each performance without giving away the entire story behind each...

In episode 89, host Will Kollmeyer welcomes recruiter Beth Benson tot he podcast as she gives us some insight on some major events happening on the Northeast campus in the upcoming weeks. Thursday (October 17) will be Junior Preview Night at the college and in addition to being part of the community tailgate, juniors who register early can bring up to two guests in free at the Tiger football game...

In episode 88, host Will Kollmeyer welcomes three guests for in-the-field interviews from the Northeast at Ripley groundbreaking -- Northeast president Dr. Ricky Ford, the Chairman of the Board for The Peoples Bank of Ripley Bobby Martin and Chief Architect Rud Robison, Jr. of PryorMorrow. During his portion of the interview, Ford talks about the benefits for not only the college but the city of R...

In episode 87, host Will Kollmeyer welcomes not one but two members of the Division of Fine Arts to the podcast. In the first segment of this TigerTalk podcast, director of Campus Country Chris Dunn stops in to talk about the group's first Showtime of the year on Thursday, October 3 in the Seth Pounds Auditorium. Dunn introduces listeners to the 23-song setlist for the initial Showtime as well as...

It’s been a great few weeks in Tigerland fans and with Homecoming 2019 behind us, we thought with the serious conversation on this week’s podcast that we would break the events and happenings apart from the podcast to give National Suicide Awareness Month the due it justly deserves. In this extended version of TigerTalk, we will focus on the events and happenings that will be taking place over the...

This eighty-sixth (86th) episode is all about National Suicide Awareness Month and features not only Northeast's new mental health counselor Kristin Wesson but student Iveyana Smith as well. In the first part of the podcast, Wesson stops in to talk about National Suicide Awareness Month and how different mental illnesses affect the college population. Wesson lists some of the warning signs that pe...

This eighty-fifth (85th) episode welcomes an all Homecoming cast to the podcast as Patrick Eaton stops by to talk about everything homecoming leading up to the crowning of the queen on Thursday, September 19 at Tiger Stadium. Eaton announces that our Alumni Hall of Fame inductee is Blues legend Sam Mosley and the three Sports Hall of Fame inductees include Anthony Gamble, William "Billy" Southward...

This eighty-fourth (84th) episode welcomes Dr. Kelli Hefner to the podcast as she takes time out of her schedule to sit down and talk about the college's "Earning Your Stripes" program that was instituted by the Employee Development committee last year. In the interview, Hefner talks about how the program came to be, how someone can earn stripes and how someone can suggest for their prog...